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Megakaryoblastic
Introduction
Overview
Overview
A megakaryoblast is a precursor cell to a promegakaryocyte, which in turn becomes a megakaryocyte. It is the beginning of the thrombocytic series.
It derives from an CFU-Me colony unit of pluripotential hemopoietic stem cells.
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Blood cell lineage
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